That's just the way it is. First are the singles (and digital releases) on Wednesdays, then once a story wraps it eventually comes out in hardcover. After that, the trade. If you're really looking to follow a story as it happens, floppies and digital are your only two options.

DC can stay with that plan I don't mind having to wait for the trade, I've stopped buying singles completely and I don't do this whole digital downloading bullcrap, I don't even like using my smartphone for christsakes.

__________________A few of the Marvel Superheroes are somewhat niche characters that aren't extremely versatile, thus they don't have a lot of longevity potential. For example, Namor is a water guy, Silver Surfer is a space guy, Dr. Strange is a magic guy, and so on.